River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-17
JOHN B. COUGHS LAST AND BEST
BOOK,
PLATFORM ECHOES.

This new and splendidly illustrated
volume is the last book written by the
world famous John b. Cough, and was
completed by him just previous to his
death. Every one is familiar with the
story of his early life, and of his res
cue from drunkard 5 grave, and how
this once wretched and despised sot
became one of the most famous men
of our times. For seven years he
stood amid the horrors of delirium
tremens, an abject slave to the bottle;
and his condition and wretched appear
ance were such as to cause people to
exclaim, There's the man who has
been in hell" The rich and poor, the
high, the low, the learned and I'M
learned, have been alike thrilled and
moved by his burning words. lie
swayed brilliant audiences OF royalty
and fashion; spoke IN State prisons,
jails, poor-houses, penitentiaries, re.
form schools and houses of correction;
to the deaf, and dumb, and blind, to
audiences composed wholly of out
casts; and TO audiences numbering
thousands of children. AT his feet
more than ten million people sat and
listened in admiration and wonder.
In his library may be seen set of
large volumes--a far better memorial
of his life and labOrs than any monu-
ment of marble or bronZe-containing
Tie original signatures of one hundred
and fifty thousand men and women
VINO were induced to sign the pledge
through his personal efforts. These
ami written with trembling hand
represent stories of happiness ana woe,
of ruin and remorse, OF bhghted hopes
and wasted lives, of battles fought and
victory won. To give some OF these
thrilling life histories; to depict scenes
of JOY and sadness; to lift the curtain
on life S stage and show It's tragedy
and comedy; and to draw Giving
truths from the lessons thus taught,
and bring them home to every heart,
is the prime object of this volume.
1t also contains the history of Mr..
Coughs life and career, from the
cradle to the grave, and the story of
his death told by ReY. DR.. Lyman Alb
bolt, the eminent editor and divine.
Platform Echoes" is John b. Cough
IN print. Stranger stories are here
told than romance ever dreamed of,
every one of them drawn from life by
master hand. In every chapter he
weaves in anecdote after anecdOte,
incident after incident, story after
story, and underneath them all lie
Living Truths" that stand out as
beacon lights. He plays upon the read
eT' S feelings as with an enchanter's
wand, at one time filling his heart
with gladness, at another binding his
eyes with tears. At his bidding,
hearts are melted and stern, strong
men. as well as sensitive women, weep
tears of compassion, are aroused to
Indignation, or moved TO uncomfortable
laughter in spite OF every effort to con-
troll their feelings.
Its illustrations are the best we have
ever seen. 1t contains two hUndred
aud tv,aufvsavpD fna arrrax-ipc,s H.,
the best artists and engravers in the
world. Many of these illustrations
are too funny for anything" while
others depict wretchedness and woe.
Sixteen of these engravings are full
page ones, and are magnificent speci.
mems of art. Two hundred and nine
are text illustrations. There are two
fine steel-plate portraits. One is from
a life-size, full length painting. show
| ing Mr.. Cough as be appeared shortly
after his rescue. The other is from a
photograph taken just before his death.
| All in all. it is one of the finest ever
introduced by the American press.
We advise our readers to buy Plat
form Echoes at the first opportunity.
They can. in our opinion, much better
afford to dispense with a dozen other
books than not possess this. 0ace be-
gun it will not willingly be laid aside
till the last page is finished.
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